title: Primary unilateral cleft lip repair without primary rhinoplasty. A preliminary report.
abstract: A primary unilateral functional lip-plasty has been developed to improve the appearance of the asymmetrical nasal deformity and that of the lip scar in the cleft lip. A triangle is dissected from the lesser segment with the base located at the nasal alar base. The latter is rotated superior-horizontally and positioned at a semicurved release incision which is inferior to the columella. This C-junction of the nostril sill allows an alignment of the nasal structure without a primary rhinoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Bütow
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods